The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) Pharmacy Benefits Division announced that for a limited time period – October 28 through November 22, 2019, DHCS will have an online application for the Alternative Payment Option for Pharmacy Retroactive Payment Adjustments. 

  1. Provider mailers were sent out on October 17th to the Pharmacy Providers mailing address. 
  2. The October Medi-Cal Pharmacy Bulletin introduced the option and timeframes to the providers – http://files.medi-cal.ca.gov/pubsdoco/bulletins/artfull/ph201910.asp#a1 
  3. The Retroactive Claim Adjustment Frequently Asked Questions have also been updated to reflect the new option.  http://files.medi-cal.ca.gov/pubsdoco/ncpdp/Pharmacy_Retroactive_Claim_Adjustments_faq.asp 

Also in California… Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D) appointed Anthony Wright to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) 18-member single-payer health care commission called the “Healthy Californians for All Commission” that is tasked with making health care more affordable, transparent and assessible.  

Additionally in California… Jon R. Roth, MS, CAE, CEO of the California Pharmacists Association (CPhA), announced his resignation, effective, January 10, 2020.  Mr. Roth is moving to the Dallas County Medical Society as its Executive Vice President & CEO.

For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.